Dr. Frank Appel is Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Post DHL.

He joined the company as Managing Director of Corporate Development in 2000. In November 2002 Frank Appel became Member of the Corporate Board of Deutsche Post with management responsibilities for Logistics, Mail International, Global Customer Solutions, Global Business Services, Corporate Regulatory Management and the First Choice programme before he was appointed as new CEO of the company in February 2008.

In 1999, he was elected Partner and Member of the German Business Management of McKinsey & Co. He had previously worked for the company as a consultant and project manager. Frank Appel holds a Master of Science degree in chemistry from the University of Munich and a doctorate in neurobiology from ETH, Zurich.